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i MORAL PASSION AND CHRISTIAN ETHICS In this book, Robin Gill argues that moral passion and rational ethical deliberation are not enemies; moral passion often lurks behind many apparently rational ethical commitments; and though it is a key component of truly selfless moral action, without rational ethical deliberation it can also be extremely dangerous. Gill main- tains that a reanalysis of moral passion is overdue. He inspects the gap between the ‘purely rational’ accounts of ethics provided by some moral philosophers and the normative positions that they espouse and/ or the moral actions that they pursue. He also contends that Christian ethicists have not been adept at identifying their own implicit moral passion or at explaining why it is that doctrinal posi- tions generate passionately held moral conclusions. Using a range of disciplines, including cognitive science and moral psychology, along- side the more usual disciplines of moral philosophy and religious ethics, Gill also makes links with moral passion in other world faith traditions. Robin Gill is Emeritus Professor of Applied Theology at the Univer sity of Kent. He is the editor of the journal Theology and of the New Studies in Christian Ethics monograph series. He has authored and edited more than forty books, including Health Care and Christian Ethics (Cambridge University Press, 2007), Theology in a Social Context: Sociological Theology, Vol. 1, Theology Shaped by Society: Sociological Theology, Vol. 2, and Society Shaped by Theology: Sociological Theology, Vol. 3 (2012–2 013), as well as A Textbook of Christian Ethics (4th edition, 2014). ii iii new studies in christian ethics General Editor robin gill Editorial Board stephen r. l. clark, stanley hauerwas, robin w. lovin Christian ethics has increasingly assumed a central place within academic theology. At the same time, the growing power and ambiguity of modern science and the rising dissatisfaction within the social sciences about claims to value neutrality have prompted renewed interest in ethics within the secular academic world. There is, therefore, a need for studies in Christian ethics which, as well as being concerned with the relevance of Christian ethics to the present- day secular debate, are well informed about parallel discussions in recent philosophy, science, or social science. New Studies in Christian Ethics aims to provide books that do this at the highest intellectual level and demonstrate that Christian ethics can make a distinctive contribution to this debate – either in moral substance or in terms of underlying moral justifications Titles published in the series 1. Rights and Christian Ethics, Kieran Cronin 2. Biblical Interpretation and Christian Ethics, Ian McDonald 3. Power and Christian Ethics, James Mackey 4. Plurality and Christian Ethics, Ian S. Markham 5. Moral Action and Christian Ethics, Jean Porter 6. Responsibility and Christian Ethics, William Schweiker 7. Justice and Christian Ethics, E. Clinton Gardner 8. Feminism and Christian Ethics, Susan Parsons 9. Sex, Gender and Christian Ethics, Lisa Sowle Cahill 10. The Environment and Christian Ethics, Michael Northcott 11. Concepts of Person and Christian Ethics, Stanley Rudman 12. Priorities and Christian Ethics, Garth Hallett 13. Community, Liberalism and Christian Ethics, David Fergusson (continued after the index) iv v MORAL PASSION AND CHRISTIAN ETHICS ROBIN GILL University of Kent vi One Liberty Plaza, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10006, USA Cambridge University Press is part of the University of Cambridge. It furthers the University’s mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of education, learning, and research at the highest international levels of excellence. www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/ 9781107176829 10.1017/ 9781316817285 © Robin Gill 2017 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 2017 Printed in the United States of America by Sheridan Books, Inc. A catalogue record for this publication is available from the British Library. ISBN 978- 1- 107- 17682- 9 Hardback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third- party Internet Web sites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such Web sites is, or will remain accurate or appropriate. vii Contents Acknowledgements page ix Introduction 1 1 Moral Passion in New Studies in Christian Ethics 18 2 Is Moral Passion Germane Just to Theologians? 51 3 Christian Public Ethics 75 4 Faith as an Option 100 5 Moral Outrage 124 6 Collective Moral Passion within Faith Traditions 152 7 Moral Passion as Enemy- Love 182 A Final Word 206 Select Bibliography in Christian Ethics 209 Index 227 vii viii

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